1Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga577204, Karnataka, India
2Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga577204, Karnataka, India
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga577204, Karnataka, India
*Email: kalleshwaraswamycm@uahs.edu.in (corresponding author)
Online Published on 11 July, 2023.
Euhamitermes Holmgren is a soldier rare, soil feeding termite of the Oriental region. Two species of this genus viz., Euhamitermes lighti (Snyder) and Euhamitermes chhotanii Maiti are hereby first reported from southern Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala, respectively. Record of E. chhotanii in Kerala makes an addition of the genus and thus to the termite fauna of Kerala. These two species are redescribed and illustrated based on soldier and workers.
Euhamitermes lighti, E. chhotanii, Soil termites, Soldier rare group, Kerala, Karnataka, Inquiline, Distribution, Key, Illustrations, New records
